Example sentences of "him of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over a cup of tea in the departure lounge he asked about the red rose I had placed by the wall , and so I told him of the red , white and blue wreath at Bayeux , of the other red roses on the graves of the crew , and of the ‘ Peace ’ rose which we had brought from England . |
| 2 | The jury cleared him of the charges of criminal mischief , reckless endangerment and operating a vessel while intoxicated . |
| 3 | That war robbed him of the prime of his career , when he was the best player in the world . |
| 4 | ‘ You warned him of the perils , of course ? ’ |
| 5 | The late service on him of the committal order did not hinder any appeal or application for release that he might otherwise have made . |
| 6 | An undated letter from the abbess to Edward , probably written at this juncture , wished him prosperity in his affairs and reminded him of the convent 's special relationship with the English crown . |
| 7 | This underlines perhaps the damage done to him by his father 's death , which appears to have robbed him of the memory of many of the normal sensations . |
| 8 | For his own good she frequently reminded him of the horrors and deprivations that would befall him there . |
| 9 | And Pete reminded him of , him of the person that he hated and all this ! |
| 10 | It reminded him of the vigorousness of Army life . |
| 11 | As I have the text in front of me , let me just remind him of the conclusions of the comparison between the preparedness of British young people and German young people for employment on the strength of the education and training systems in the two countries . |
| 12 | His final gift to him of the Mastership of Jesus College , Cambridge , resulted in scandal : Roger Andrewes was compelled to resign because he had embezzled college funds . |
| 13 | Byrkin had twice found out Holly to tell him of the sailing of the frigate Storozhevoy from the naval harbour at Riga . |
| 14 | as if to remind him of the past , Controller Macdonald had a large video print of that moment on one wall of his office , which was in the basement . |
| 15 | Again we have asked Christopher Patten ( Minister for Overseas Development ) for support , reminding him of the government 's obligation to follow the agreed recommendations of the UN Decade for Women . |
| 16 | He needed no Bible to remind him of the life of Christ , and if ever he felt the need for a symbol upon which to concentrate his devotions , he satisfied himself by making the sign of the cross with his fingers . |
| 17 | I ca n't tell him of the analogies I am cheerfully fabricating . |
| 18 | A second application in two weeks , followed by another more careful combing , would completely rid him of the pests . |
| 19 | ‘ Those words , read literally , might be taken to indicate that the order for possession in itself deprived him of the protection of the Act . |
| 20 | The Sixth Fleet , Talbot was aware , would have informed him of the presence of any of their aircraft in his vicinity , not from courtesy but because regulations demanded it , a fact of which O'Rourke was as well aware as he was . |
| 21 | At the time of his resignation Miyazawa had stated that an aide , Tsuneo Hattori , had purchased the shares without informing him of the transaction . |
| 22 | That is , they must convict him of the offence which they think he probably did not commit . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm not thirsty either , ’ he rasped , and his breath rattled in his lungs , reminding him of the dream that kept coming back , night after night . |
| 24 | The Labour MP Dr Jack Cunningham was touring the complex during the nuclear spillage , but the nuclear company failed to notify him of the incident . |
| 25 | When Vivien appeared on the set badly made-up , with her wig perched ridiculously high on her head and refusing to alter a single thing , Asher reluctantly called Olivier and told him of the problems . |
| 26 | It reminded him of the zombies he had seen in the horror film at the Empire . |
| 27 | The letter informing him of the sentence pronounced upon him was headed derisively : ‘ The Holy Synod to Nestorius the new Jew . ’ |
| 28 | You did us a great service in warning him of the threat to his life , Isabel . |
| 29 | Mr Foggerty was agreeably surprised , but when Nutty reminded him of the standard required , he relapsed into grim gloom and stood on the side of the bath in his white T-shirt and jeans looking at his watch and saying , ‘ I ca n't spare the time to do this three nights a week for the next year , which is what is required . |
| 30 | He would have been able to tell Gould about the wealth of unusual birds around Adelaide , and persuade him of the necessity of collecting in the area . |